THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr. Birds, Vol. I., p. 191, 1901; North, Austr. Mus 
Spec. Cat., No. 1 , Vol. I., p. 36, 1901 ; Rothschild, Farad. Tien., Leif 2 p 4 
1898 ; Hill, Emu, Vol. II., p. 164, 1903 (Vic.); Mulder, ih., Vol. V., p. 43 , 1905 . 
Batey, ih., Vol. VII., p. 6 , 1907 (Vic.); Mathews, Handl. Birds Austral., p. 105 
1908 ; Cole, Emu, Vol. IX., p. 236, 1910 (Vic.); Batey, ih., p. 244 (Vic.); Gilbert," 
ih., Vol. X., p. 45, 1910 (N.S.W.); Ford, ih., p. 50 (N.S.W.); Ingle, %b., p. 123 
(Vic.); Broadbent, ih., p. 238 (N.Q.); Ramsay, ih., Vol. XIX., p. 6 , 1919 (N.S.W.)- 
Edwards, ih., p. 206, 1920 (N.S.W.); Jackson, ih., Vol. XX., p. 207, 1921 (Q)' 
NubUng, ih., Vol. XXI., p. 11 , 1921 (N.S.W.). 
Ptilonorhynchtis molaceus violaceus Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 438, 1912 ; ^ 
List Birds Austr., p. 308, 1913 ; Belcher, Birds Geelong, p. 364, 1914. 
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus dvlcice Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIIL, p. 438, Jan. 31st, 1912 • 
Queensland. 
Ptilonorhynchus minor Campbell, Emu, Vol. XII., pt. L, p. 19, July 1st, 1912 (ex Bull 
Roy. Austr. Ornith. Union, No. 3, May 21st, 1912. Unpublished): Herbertou, 
■Queensland; H. L. White, ih., p. 20 (Eggs); Campbell, ih., Vol. XIII., p. 68 ,' 
pi. XI., 1913 (Eggs); id., ih., Vol. XIV., p. 174, 1915. 
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus minor Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 309, 1913. 
Distribution. East Australia from the Herberton district. North Queensland, to 
Northern Victoria. 
Adult. Feathers covering the base of the cuhnen, head, neck, back, rump, upper tail- 
coverts and wing-coverts black, beautifully glossed with violet-purple; secondaries 
black, widely tipped at the extremity and fringed on the sides with glossy \iolet- 
purple; primaries and outennost secondaries black, shghtly glossed with purple 
round the margins ; tail similar to the wings ; entire under-surface like the back; 
under-surface of the wings dull black. Total length 345 mm.; culmen 19, wing 171' 
tail 106, tarsus 53. Figured. Collected in Queensland and is the type dukim. 
Adult {female?). Feathers covering the lores, head, neck, mantle, lower back, rump and 
upper taU-coverts greenish-olive, each feather margined with bluish-green; inner¬ 
most secondaries and taU bronze-brown; primaries and outermost secondaries 
bladdsh-brow-n; outer webs bronze-brown and the inner webs broadly margined 
with j’-ellowish-w'lute; ear-coverts deep olive with .yellowish-buff shaft-streaks; 
feathers of the chin and throat yellowish-buff, margined with olive-brown; sides 
of the neck and chest greenish-olive, each feather with an oval spot of yellowish- 
buff and whitish shaft-streaks ; remainder of the under-surface of the body rich 
creamy-yellow, each feather with concentric markings of black; tloighs tinged 
wdth ochraceous ; under-surface of wings brownish-olive, widely margined with 
golden-y^ellow. Total length 315 mm. ; culmen 20, wing 170, tail 116, tarsus 53. 
Figured. Collected at Gosford, New South Wales, in June, 1894. 
Male starting change into the hlack stage. Feathers of the head, neck and mantle, back and 
rump, dull green, shaded wdth light greyish-blue ; a patch of purplish-blue feather 
on the lores, top of the head, encircling the e.yes, ear-coverts, and on the throat; 
piimaries and secondaries olive-browm with the outer webs browmish-ohve, and 
the irmer web very widely margined with golden-yellow; tail olive-brown, darker 
on the outer web ; tlmoat greenish-oHve with the shafts streaked and spotted at 
the extremity with yellowish-white ; remainder of the under-parts yellowish-white 
with concentric markings of brownish-black on each feather, with a greenish-tinge 
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